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Study for triples, participate in competitions and pass the TRP standards

I am a master's student at the Faculty of Economics at St. Petersburg State University. My scholarship is 16,485 rubles.

Ludmila Levitina

receives a scholarship

Types of scholarships

I am from a wealthy family, I don’t participate in Olympiads and I don’t play for the volleyball team of the faculty. But I won the competition of the Potanin Charitable Foundation and I study well and perfectly.

In this article - how to get additional scholarships and payments even with triples in the test.

Ask for social assistance

These are scholarships and payments related to the insufficient provision of parents and the material condition of the family. They are paid by the university, city, country and even charitable foundations.

State social scholarship

Some students are eligible for a social scholarship, even if they study for triples. Orphans, the disabled, veterans, contractors and victims of radiation disasters can receive social stipends. Another social scholarship can be assigned to those who receive state social assistance, for example, poor students.

To arrange everything, you need to contact your social security department or the MFC. There they will calculate the income, assess the life circumstances of a particular student and, if necessary, within ten days they will issue a certificate for the university - on paper or in electronic form, if issued through the public services website.

If a student lives in a dormitory and receives only an academic scholarship of 1484 rubles, he may be recognized as a “lonely poor person”. Social workers will ask if you receive money from your parents and how much. But there is no need to prove it with any documents.

Documents that may be requested by the social security authorities:

1. Passport.
2. Certificate of registration in form No. 9 or certificate of registration at the place of residence in form No. 3.
3. Certificate from the university indicating the course, form and period of study.
4. Certificate of ownership of the property.
5. A document confirming the right to benefits: a certificate of serving a sentence by parents, a death certificate of parents, a certificate of disability, etc.
6. Documents confirming income.

The social scholarship is appointed for a year from the date of issue of the certificate. If the certificate was issued in May 2017, and the student brought it to the university only in September, then the social scholarship will be paid from September 2017 to May 2018, while the certificate is valid. Then the documents will have to be reissued.

The university will help you understand the rules for assigning social scholarships: they follow the laws and know who and what is supposed to. But they may not specifically talk about the new rules. It is better to go to the dean's office and personally find out what a particular student in a difficult life situation can receive from the state.

Increased social scholarship

Sum: no less than an increase to the living wage.
Payouts: once a month for a year.
Innings: at the beginning of the semester.

Specialists and bachelors of the first and second year can apply for an increased social stipend if they already receive a regular social stipend, and also if they have only one parent - a disabled person of the first group. This scholarship is paid only to good students and excellent students.

The size of the increased scholarship is set by the university, but it must increase the student's income to the subsistence level per capita. This standard is set by the government. The cost of living is taken for the fourth quarter a year before the formation of the scholarship fund. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2016, the subsistence minimum per capita amounted to 9,691 rubles. That is, if a student of St. Petersburg State University, who receives an academic and social scholarship of 1485 and 2228 rubles, wins the competition for an increased social scholarship, it should be at least 5978 rubles.

The exact amount of the increased scholarship is established by the university, taking into account the educational program, the course and the size of the scholarship fund. At St Petersburg University, a competition for such a scholarship is held once a semester. In other universities it may be different, so it is better to check with the dean's office or the educational department.

Material aid

Sum: no more than 12 social scholarships.
Payouts: once a month during the semester.
Innings: announces the university.

The criteria for receiving material assistance are much broader than for social scholarships. The university pays it from its own budget once a quarter, and the minimum amount is not fixed anywhere. Often the payouts are based on how many students needed help that quarter.

You can ask for financial assistance from the university if your parents are divorced, if you have children, or if you fell ill and bought expensive drugs. The university will need to provide a birth certificate for the child, contracts for treatment and receipts for medicines.

A complete list of situations in which the university helps needy students should be sought in official documents. St. Petersburg State University pays students from other cities and countries tickets from St. Petersburg home and back for the holidays, and St. Petersburg State University of Economics “donates” money for students’ weddings.

Scholarship program "Five plus"

If you study without triples, then a poor student can apply for a scholarship "Five with a plus" from the "Creation" charity foundation. Students under the age of 21 can participate in the competition. The advantage is given to excellent students and winners of olympiads, competitions, sports competitions. Achievements are taken into account for the last two years.

Documents for the program "Five with a plus":

1. Application.
2. Certificate of achievement with the seal of the university.
3. Copy of the passport.
4. Documents confirming that the student is under guardianship and guardianship, and other documents providing benefits (for members of foster families, disabled people, refugees, etc.).
5. Certificate of income of all family members in the form of 2-personal income tax or a certificate of recognition of the family as poor.
6. An extract from the house book on the composition of the family, certified by the original seal.
7. Letters, diplomas, award lists of the student for the last two years of study.
8. Photo (any, not on the passport).
9. Motivation letter.

Play in the football team or drama club

State universities pay higher scholarships to successful students. Achievements are taken into account in five areas: study, science, sports, social activities and creativity.

At St Petersburg University, achievements are evaluated by points. The more areas covered, the higher the chances of getting a scholarship. A student with a TRP badge who wins an environmental poster competition will receive more points than a student who wins five Olympiads in one subject. At the same time, grades are only one of many criteria; it is not necessary to study excellently to participate in the competition.

The increased state academic scholarship (PGAS) is about 10,000 rubles at St. Petersburg State University, from 5,000 to 30,000 rubles at the Higher School of Economics. In most universities, the size of the scholarship changes every semester: it depends on the size of the fund, the number of students and their achievements. There are universities where the size is fixed. For example, active students at St Petersburg University are paid 8,000 rubles each. PGAS is paid once a month during the semester. Documents for PGAS must be submitted at the beginning of the semester.

Community Service Scholarship

In order for the university to take into account your achievements in social activities, you need to participate in the organization of university events or cover them in social networks, student newspapers. The student who helped organize the KVN and covered the event in the KVN group on Vkontakte will receive more competitive points than the student who organized the KVN and What? Where? When?".

For example, you can volunteer to help with a scientific conference - distribute badges to participants - and ask for a confirmation letter from the department. Other options: open a student debate or cross-stitch club, write about the Miss University contest in the student newspaper.

It is worth checking with the commission what documentary evidence is needed. At St Petersburg University, for example, they accepted a screenshot of a list of group administrators and a link to a page on Vkontakte as confirmation.

Scholarship for creativity

Victory in competitions, public exhibitions and performances, organization of events are considered creative achievements. If you participated in an exhibition or performed at an evening of stand-up comedians, ask for certificates from the organizers. If this is not expected, prepare the document yourself and ask the organizer to sign and stamp it.

You can search for creative competitions on the websites “All competitions”, “Enti-inform”, “Grantist” and “Theory and Practice”, on the website and in social networks of your university. Many competitions themselves involve a cash prize. For example, for the best design of a paper bag, you can get 1100 euros, and for an essay on the novel by Ayn Rand - 2000 dollars.

Sports Achievement Scholarship

In order for the scholarship commission to accrue competitive points for sports success, you must either win competitions, or participate in "socially significant sporting events", or pass the TRP standards for a gold badge. How significant the event is will be determined by the university.

Petersburg, TRP testing centers were opened in every district. In many universities, sports departments organize the delivery of standards for students and staff. At St Petersburg University on February 26, 2017, they passed the cross-country skiing test, and on May 15 - shoot and run. To get a golden TRP badge, you need to pass eight of the eleven tests. Four tests are required: a hundred-meter run, a three-kilometer run, a pull-up or snatch of a 16-kilogram kettlebell, and a forward bend from a standing position on the gymnastic bench.

Points of the increased scholarship for sports achievements cannot be received simultaneously with the President's scholarship for athletes. Members of the Russian teams in Olympic, Paralympic and Deaflympic sports, as well as candidates for them and coaches, are paid 32,000 rubles a month, regardless of whether they study at a university or not.

Study well and publish scientific papers

Excellent students and young scientists can apply not only for PGAS. Such students are encouraged by many: the President, and the Ministry of Education, and regional authorities, and banks with charitable funds. Some universities raise scholarships for students immediately after an excellent session. For example, at St. Petersburg State University, excellent students are paid 4,000 rubles, while good students are paid 2,000.

Check the deadlines for applying for all these scholarships at universities, foundations or companies. In universities, applications are most often collected in the spring.

Enhanced Academic Scholarship

There are three options for earning PGAS points for academic excellence:

• pass two sessions in a row with excellent marks;
• receive a prize for a project or development work;
• win a thematic competition, such as the Olympics.

Achievements are taken into account only for the past year.

A scientific achievement is a prize or grant for research work, publication in a scientific journal, or a patent for an invention.

How to publish an article in a scientific journal

Conferences of young scientists are held by almost all universities. Scientific competitions and conferences for students can also be searched on the sites "All competitions", "Enti-inform", "Grantist" and "Theories and Practices", and also on specialized ones - "Scientific Conferences of Russia", "All Sciences", on the website Department of Scientific Research of St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology and in the scientific calendar "Lomonosov".

Usually, for the application, you need to write the abstract of the report that is supposed to be read at the conference, sometimes you need to send the entire article. The abstracts will then be published in the conference proceedings, and this can be provided to the scholarship committee. For the presentation, you can receive a prize and an invitation to print a full article in a scientific journal or extended collection.

In Russia, scientific journals are certified by the Higher Attestation Commission (Higher Attestation Commission), but publication in a journal included in the RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index) or Elibrary.ru Scientific Electronic Library may also be suitable for a scholarship. The conditions for publication in each journal are different. For example, according to the rules of publication in the monthly magazine "Young Scientist" you need to pay 210 rubles for the first page and 168 rubles for the next. The article is reviewed by the editorial board of the journal for 3-5 days, it will be published in the next issue, and a certificate of publication will be sent immediately after payment.

For the competition, prepare the same diplomas, certificates and publications. The selection is not as strict as for state scholarships to scientists, therefore, a speech at a conference, and not just a victory, can be taken into account as an achievement.

Also prepare a resume and motivation letter template. BP and Ak Bars invite students for interviews. Google asks for a letter of recommendation from a teacher, supervisor, or instructor.

win the business game

Business games are an option for the charismatic and courageous. The jury will look at leadership qualities, teamwork and creativity. There are many such student competitions, but not all of them provide real scholarships. For example, the Troika Dialog Scholarship Program is only called a scholarship program: students are paid for transfers to Skolkovo and accommodation there, and finalists are invited for internships at the program's partner companies.

Potanin Foundation Scholarship Program

Sum: 15,000 rubles.
Payouts: once a month from February until the end of training.
Innings: autumn.

The Potanin Foundation pays a scholarship to full-time masters. They don’t look at grades: I graduated from the specialty with triples, but that didn’t stop me from winning.

The competition has two stages of selection. In absentia, you need to fill out a questionnaire with personal data, the topic of a master's thesis, work experience and volunteering. You will have to prepare three essays: a popular science essay on the topic of the dissertation, a motivation letter and an essay about five memorable and significant events in life.

Documents for the Potanin Foundation scholarship:

1. A copy of the diploma of higher education (bachelor, specialist).
2. Recommendation of the supervisor (head of the master's program, head of the department).

The second round is a business game. From morning to evening - tests for teamwork, leadership qualities, creativity. Every year there are new competitions. I entered the competition in 2015. In one competition, it was necessary to write five associations to the word "blue", in the other - together with a group of students to distribute the budget of the charitable foundation.

The hardest part was multitasking. It was necessary to lead the company and distribute vacations, hold meetings, and calculate profits during the working day. A sheet with the calculation of profits stuck to my folder. I noticed this when the 40 minutes for the task expired. I had to quickly "delegate" the task to one of the "employees".

The ability to negotiate with people was tested by the role-playing game "Barriers". Two students had to coordinate their project in three instances. The "barriers" were other students. For example, children's excursions in the Peter and Paul Fortress had to be approved by the head of the excursion department, the PR manager and the director of the museum. The authors of the project had to understand why their project "does not let" the barrier and offer a compromise.

Among all the benefits that student life brings with it, the scholarship is far from the last among them. Material remuneration must be provided for academic excellence and other activities in the affairs of a higher educational institution. This contributes to the motivation of young people for further improvement in the studied sciences, volunteer and administrative activities, as well as to manage their first significant funds wisely.

Often, mostly among freshmen, the question arises: Is it possible to receive a scholarship while studying at a university on a contract basis? At the moment, the answer to this question is unequivocal - no, you cannot receive a scholarship on a contract.

The selection for the budgetary form of education is mainly based on competitive scores and the achievements of the applicant himself. Evaluating all his work done (in particular, in studies), state undertakes the payment for the higher education of such a student. At the same time, monthly giving him an academic scholarship and for further efforts and successes.

The contract form of education assumes that for the student's education natural or legal person. The amount of tuition fees varies depending on the university itself and the chosen specialty.
If the student proves himself well in training and proves his efforts by the results of the sessions passed, he will be able to apply for a transfer from a contract form of education to a budget one (subject to availability). To do this, you will need to collect several documents and certificates and take them to the dean's office.

However, education on a budgetary basis is not the only way to receive material assistance. As you know, the scholarship is several types: academic scholarship, social scholarship, government scholarship, presidential scholarship, scholarships from legal entities or individuals.

Academic Scholarship designed for students on a budget, for academic excellence. Government and Presidential Scholarships are paid for special merits and achievements in the studied sciences. BUT social scholarship is charged to a certain list of categories of students: from among orphans, children deprived of parental care, affected by the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, from low-income families, from the group of disabled people of groups I-III and other categories.

A social scholarship can be paid to both a student with a budget form of education, and a student with a contract. And receiving an academic scholarship does not overlap with receiving a social scholarship, since both of them have a different goal.
To receive such a social scholarship, a student also needs to apply to the dean's office and provide a certain list of documents.

Sometimes some students try to get a social scholarship in an unfair way, because they do not want to spend their energy on getting an academic one. You can, of course, find an excuse for them (material assistance is never superfluous), but by their actions they actually take away material assistance from those who need it more, for whom receiving a scholarship can at least help a little in overcoming the difficulties of life and the blows of fate.
Therefore, each university tries to motivate its students for a serious attitude to learning and gaining knowledge. After all, this path leads not only to transferring education to a budgetary basis and receiving a monthly academic scholarship, but also to acquiring skills that will help to cope with future problems in the professional field and in life.

Most modern students are looking for ways to earn extra money. It is not easy to find a job without experience, and it is difficult to combine it with study. There are options that are traditionally used by students around the world: cafe waiters, promotional consultants, merchandisers, etc.

Despite the belief that students should use their years of study solely to gain knowledge, most of today's students are looking for ways to earn extra money. Some parents do not have the opportunity to support and pay for their education, others themselves strive for independence: they want to live separately and have their own money.

And they are right: many parents deny their children their own opinion, even if they are no longer children, but still live at their parents' expense, in accordance with the saying: "He who pays, calls the music."

Where can students find earnings that allow them to combine work with study?

1. Work as waiters

Most often, students earn extra money as waiters, baristas, ancillary workers (preparing products for cooking - cleaning, cutting), dishwashers in all kinds of cafes, restaurants, bakeries, pizzerias, etc.

Job search sites offer them flexible working hours. The main requirements for applicants are the presence of secondary education, activity, decency, non-conflict.

During the summer holidays, students can sign a contract and work as waiters abroad - in, and others, where the pay is many times higher. For example, a summer salary as a waiter in a coffeeshop or sweet shop in Dubai will allow a student to rent an apartment and live comfortably all year, devoting time only to study. Of course, without knowledge of English at a conversational level, getting this job will not work.

By the way, some employers prefer to hire students and post vacancies on bulletin boards near deans.

2. Communicative students are willingly hired as promoters-consultants

The essence of their work is the advertising of goods, which contributes to the promotion of goods or services on the market. This includes distribution of samples and flyers, participation in promotions and exhibitions, organization of surveys, participation in product tastings, etc.

The main requirement for the applicant is cultural communication skills, goodwill that allows you to remember a lot of new information, literacy, the ability to quickly find a way out of possible ones, and, of course, an attractive appearance. Working time is usually 3-4 hours per day.

The amount of earnings depends on several factors: on the type of work performed, the number of attracted consumers. Work in the evening or at night is paid higher. Boys and girls with a presentable appearance earn more as they represent the "face" of the company.

3. Work as merchandisers

Many students earn extra money as merchandisers who are engaged in the layout of goods on the shelves in stores and supermarkets, control price tags, and supervisors - intermediaries between employees and management. The supervisor usually reports to a team of promoters. The job requires certain professional skills, so the requirements for applicants are more stringent, and it is more suitable for students - future managers and economists.

The main requirements are communication skills and stress resistance. Some students prefer to manage their free time on their own and depend only on themselves, so they are looking for other ways to earn money. For example:

4. Translation of texts

The exchange provides ample opportunities for making money on the Internet Advego. Exchange copylancer.ru- for those who, as they say, have already eaten a dog on copyright and write almost perfectly, without spelling, grammatical and stylistic errors.

Perhaps someone will be satisfied with the conditions offered by the exchange Textsale.ru, where earnings depend on the rating: one point is awarded for each purchased article, a high rating ensures greater popularity, which means that as the rating grows, articles will sell for more. More details about registration, principles of payment and fulfillment of orders can be found directly on the sites themselves.

6. Earnings on photobanks

Students who are fond of photography can earn,. Thanks to modern photographic equipment, even non-professionals can take pretty decent purchasable pictures. The main thing is that they are unique and do not “shine” anywhere else. Photos can be sold on special sites, in photobanks - dreamtime.com(beginners should start with it), Depositphotos.com(here you can put up for sale and video, but the requirements for applicants are more stringent). And of course - Shutterstock.com. Successful photos from a smartphone can be “attached” to a photobank thanks to the free Clashot application.

7. You can earn money by writing reviews and comments

To write reviews about goods or services, you just need to register on a site like Otzovik, and comments on ForumOK. To write comments, you need to create accounts in social networks and “link” them to your personal account on ForumOK. This job is suitable for those who like to communicate, give advice, share experiences.

8. Earn on clicks

Those who want to earn some extra money without really straining themselves can be advised to earn on the most common clicks - just follow certain links and stay on the specified site for 10-15 seconds. Or answer a few simple questions, pass simple tests or complete elementary tasks.

Sites with offers of such work -

Due to their huge popularity among users, the sites have been “looked after” by many advertising companies for placing ads and news, which provides them with additional traffic. Various communities and interest groups are created for a reason, but to attract users. The essence of the work is simple - you need to join groups, like pictures and photos, post posts, subscribe to news.

Resources that provide work in social networks - Likesrock , Liked.com , V-like.ru , VKtarget.ru and etc.

Money for working on the network is usually withdrawn to the payment systems PayPal, PAYEER, WebMoney. When looking for a job, you do not need to be overly gullible and agree to dubious offers of highly paid jobs in a modern office that do not require qualifications, to offers to sell goods of which we are not sure.

Those who are looking for work on sites without asking about their reputation can also “get through” - on scam sites that promise a lot, but after doing the work they “throw”.

You should not respond to any offer to work from home if it asks you to send money to a potential employer in advance, for example, to receive further instructions, to pay for the source material from which the work will be performed.

There are no credits for these skills, but they can affect the future life as fundamentally as the scores in the subjects. We asked graduates of the Erasmus+ academic mobility programs about what useful things, apart from their specialty, should be learned while studying at a European university.

Master the necessarysoft skills

“An advice to those who are going to study at a European university is to attend soft skills courses, they are available in almost every university,” says Natalya Bichurina, President of the Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association in Eurasia. - How to write a scientific article correctly, how to prepare for a public speaking - this is still little taught in Russia, but the skills are useful.

Embrace foreign cultural codes

To whom to address on "you", and to whom on "you"? How is it customary to deal with a check in a cafe? Is it worth it to buy a gift when you go to visit someone? One must be prepared for the fact that the subtleties of local etiquette will not be easy to learn, and mistakes cannot be avoided.

But in the end, the international student gets more than just another set of polite conventions. The main profit is the ability to quickly adapt to a new cultural environment.

“After my Erasmus Mundus master's degree in Scotland and France, I worked as an organizer of the Year of France events in Russia,” says Natalya Bichurina. - I often acted as an intermediary between the French organizers and the Russian side. The French and Russians have completely different attitudes towards deadlines. In Russia, preparations drag on until the last moment, and then, in a few days, everyone suddenly mobilizes, and everything turns out as it should. French colleagues have always been perplexed by this, they are used to everything going according to schedule and being ready in advance. I had to act as an intercultural mediator for them.

Photo: Brodie Vissers

Take up a hobby that will come in handy in the future

One of the best ways to better learn the language and get to know the country is to join an interest group. There are always a lot of circles and clubs at universities - from sports sections to environmental groups.

“I have been involved in choreography since childhood and during an internship I decided to join a dance club, although this, of course, was not part of the mandatory program,” says Natalia Bichurina. – And then, quite unexpectedly, these skills came in handy in my work when we organized the Year of France. It was already easier for me to understand what was needed for the performance, and I could explain it to the technical staff.

learn another language

One of the most common fears among Erasmus+ recruits is related to the language barrier. Not only will you have to comprehend new concepts that are not easy to understand anyway, but also in a foreign language!

But if at first it can be difficult to understand professors and classmates, at the end of the internship a foreign language becomes almost native.

- During the internship, I learned to understand, it seems, all possible accents of the English language. Now it helps me a lot in my work,” says Erasmus+ graduate, World Bank analyst Maria Ustinova.

Despite the fact that courses in Erasmus+ programs are often taught in English, graduates unanimously recommend learning the local language as well.

— Do not lock yourself in your circle of foreign students, — advises Natalya Bichurina. – Do not forget that you came to study in a particular country. Don't miss the opportunity to get to know her better.

The partner universities of the program always have language courses for foreign students, and, as a rule, they are free.

Find like-minded people and get a start for a career

For many, an internship in Europe is a time when quite specific business ideas arise. After the return, an “incubation period” passes - 1-2 years, when a new concept develops - and now new companies appear on the market. So it was with Ekaterina Matveeva, the founder of the Amolingua language school.

Ekaterina studied under the Erasmus Mundus program in 2012-2014 in the Master's program "Linguistics and Anthropology" in France, Scotland and Italy. She has always been interested in languages ​​and intercultural communication. And in Scotland she was lucky to find like-minded people. Very soon after completing the program, she opened the Amolingua language school in Edinburgh, whose motto is “Polyglot at will”. They teach not only to speak a foreign language (now more than 20 languages ​​are taught), but also to train their memory on their own and speak in public.

For a year and a half of work, the school has released more than 420 students, and entered the TOP-100 UK companies. Ekaterina herself has written two books and received the honorary title of UK Business Woman in 2015.

Photo: Bossfight

Get rid of the pressure of gender stereotypes

Anastasia Kachurina chose a profession that is considered "unfeminine" in Russia. She is a sommelier and an expert in viticulture - that is, she can not only choose wine for a wide variety of tastes, but also knows how to grow grapes, how to fertilize them and when to harvest them so that the wine acquires the desired shades. In Russia, this is still an exclusively male profession.

— When I studied under the Erasmus Mundus program in several southern European countries, I was inspired by the fact that there are entire associations of women sommeliers there. It is believed that women are more inclined to distinguish the nuances of tastes, so women in the profession are valued, she says.

Now Anastasia works in the Russian representative office of an international company, does what she loves and is ready to give odds to any colleague of the opposite sex.

Learn to constantly step out of your comfort zone.

Erasmus+ (Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees) joint master's and postgraduate programs have one important feature. Unlike other master's and doctoral programs abroad, it obliges students to change 2, or even 3 or even 4 universities - and all in different countries.

“I seem to have lived several, albeit short, but very bright lives,” recalls Natalya Bichurina.

Such a rhythm requires endurance and concentration. But it's addictive. “When the program ends, it feels like life stops - how is it, you don’t have to move anywhere, change anything?” Natalya says.

Master the Science of Planning

Regular moving is an excellent training for organizational skills in planning your life down to the smallest detail.

Master the art of dealing with bureaucratic systems

Participants of short-term mobility programs under Erasmus+ do not have such a problem. They leave for another country for a maximum of a semester.

One-semester internships under the Erasmus+ program have become available to Russian participants quite recently, since 2014. Here, participants apply for an internship at a particular university with which their university has an agreement.

Ideally, during an internship in Europe, students study the same subjects that they would be taught at a Russian university and take exams on them. But in practice, upon their return, they often have to add the same items.

“The problem of so-called loans exists both in Russia and in other countries of Eastern Europe,” explains Natalya Bichurina. – We are working to ensure that the courses that a student took at a foreign university are also read in Russia. With the introduction of the Bologna system, the situation improved. At least those who go to master's and doctoral programs have no problems with the recognition of Russian diplomas.

Not only students, but also teachers can take part in short-term academic mobility programs. They come to European universities for a period of 5 to 60 days, conduct classes themselves and participate in seminars on teaching methods.